were just large enough to rip a hole in the fuselage of a commercial airliner at cruising altitude and thereby crash the plane. and they were just small enough they were big enough to do that, but they were small enough for these guys to be able to plan to get bombs of this size onboard those aircraft. and not just onboard one or two, they had plans, apparently, to get these bombs in soda pop containers on to seven different airliners. the mi5 surveillance camera catching the soda bottle bomb making, that footage was seen by the surveillance cameras on august 3rd, 2006. within a week, the uk authoritied arrested young men all over the uk said to be involved in that plot. six had already made martyrdom videos, that they wanted to be seen in the aftermath of committing these planned suicide attacks onboard airliners with the bombs and these little soda bottles. the hidden camera revelation
catching the soda bottle bomb making, that footage was seen by the surveillance cameras on august 3rd, 2006. within a week, the uk authoritied arrested young men all over the uk said to be involved in that plot. six had already made martyrdom videos, that they wanted to be seen in the aftermath of committing these planned suicide attacks onboard airliners with the bombs and these little soda bottles. the hidden camera revelation about them making those soda pop bombs inside that house, that surveillance footage happened on august 3rd. the arrests happened across the uk on august 9th. and then, on august 10th, the very next day, the very day after those arrests in the uk, the u.s. put in place our new national rule, restricting the amount of liquids that you can bring onboard a plane. and that rule has been in place of since. but the reason it applies to carry-on luggage, specifically, and not to your luggage you stow
and not big two-liter soda bottles, but normal, personal-sized plastic soda bottles. and mi5 investigators were looking at the surveillance footage, they were initially, reportedly confused as to why these guys would be making little bombs like that. but then, when day found the same guy intensively researching flight timetables for hours at a time in an internet cafe, they ended up putting two and two together. these little drink bottle bombs, these little drink bottle explosive devices, they were bombs. they were small bombs, but they were just large enough to rip a hole in the fuselage of a commercial airliner at cruising altitude and thereby crash the plane. and they were just small enough they were big enough to do that, but they were small enough for these guys to be able to plan to get bombs of this size onboard those aircraft. and not just onboard one or two, they had plans, apparently, to get these bombs in soda pop containers on to seven different airliners. the mi5 surveil